Background
HIGGINS, Benjamin Howard was born in 1912 in London, Ontario.
HIGGINS, Benjamin Howard was born in 1912 in London, Ontario.
Bachelor of Arts University Western Ontario, 1933. Master of Science London School of Economies and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1935. Master of Public Administration Harvard University, 1939.
Doctor of Philosophy University Minnesota,
1941.
Master of Arts (Honorary) University Melbourne,
1948.
Visiting Fellow, Centre Research Federal Finance Relations, Development Studies Centre, American National University, Canberra. Development Economics, Canadian International Development Agency/Lower Uva Project, Sri Lanka,1980-1981. Director, Centre Applied Studies Development, University South. Pacific, United Nations Centre Regional Development.
Consultant Nagoya, Japan.
(Book by Higgins, Benjamin Howard, Higgins, Jean Downing)
Combined academic research and advisory services to governments. Taught at McGill, Melbourne, Texas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Montreal, Ottawa, California-Berkeley, Yale, Monash, Murdoch and American National University. Served as adviser to the governments of Australia, Canada, the United States and some two dozen countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Began career in microeconomics and methodology, moved to macroeconomics, and recent years have concentrated on economic development and urban and regional development and planning.